what if I suddenly got some free money theme

We are made to ponder what we would do if we were suddenly given a modest sum of money to spend however we like.

Notes

The threshold for this theme is that the amount of money is sufficiently modest that the person isn't necessarily living on easy street for the rest of their life. If more money is obtained, the theme "what if I was super rich" is used instead.

Examples

In futurama4x16 "Three Hundred Big Boys", everyone on Earth is given a $300 tax refund. We get to see the various frivolous ways in which the protagonists spend their unexpected windfall.

8 total · 4 major · 4 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
ahp3x06	major	John and Anna considered all the things they could do or have with 5,200 dollars.
ahp3x33	major	Judy found her late husband's winning sweepstakes ticket, worth $133,000 or so. Enough to buy a new house with a heated bathroom.
futurama4x16	major	we saw numerous illustrations of what different people may do if you give them 300 dollars.
talesoftheunexpected9x03	major	Robert and Betty came into possession of a large diamond valued at half a million pounds.
ftt1982e2x04	minor	Jack and his mother quickly squandered the bag of gold coins Jack had brought home on fancy foods.
gdtcoc2022e01	minor	Nick discovered a collection of immensely valuable paraphernalia for summoning demons, in the storage unit he had chanced to purchase for $400.
shortstory: Futility (1929)	minor	Kenneth was astounded to learn that he'd been named the sole heir of sole heir of a recently deceased friend who was worth about twenty million dollars.
theamericanshortstory12	minor	Robert J. Titmarsh was interviewed by a journalist and said that if he got the gold he would pay off his mortgage. His wife said she would rather spend the money on clothes. Another citizen said he would use the money to move out west to California. Another man said he would donate all of the money to charitable causes.